Kids
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Logitech Zone Learn Headset Keeps Kids Focused on Learning
Logitech’s Zone Learn headset is designed for kids, with a comfortable fit and durable construction, and is tuned so that they can hear voices clearly.
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Top Tech Gifts for Kids - Holiday 2020
From STEM toys to toys that are just plain fun, our favorite tech toys for the holidays have real play value, smarts, and growth potential.
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12 Essential Home Office Accessories
These are the home office accessories that will optimize your home workspace and kids' school space and make you all more productive.
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14 Highly-Engaging Educational Sites for Kids
For homeschooling or supplementing your child's classes, these 14 sites and apps are our go-to places for high-quality educational lessons and activities.
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Techlicious Top Picks of Toy Fair 2020
At the 2020 New York Toy Fair, we found 10 incredibly innovative playthings that S.T.E.A.M up young brains with concepts in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
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10 Stocking Stuffers Under $25
You don’t have to spend a bundle to find a fun tech gift, even at the last minute.
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9 Stocking Stuffers for Kids
Fortunately, you don't need to bust your budget to fill your kids' stockings with cool tech gifts. Here are nine of our favorite, small gift items that can be found for under $50.
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10 Great Gift Ideas for Kids - Holiday 2019
From STEM toys to toys that are just plain fun these are the top tech gifts for kids.
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Best Cyber Monday Deals for Kids, New Parents and Gamers
We found the latest holiday deals on gaming gear, games, and toys as well as products designed to make life easier for new parents.
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Best Black Friday Deals for Kids, New Parents and Gamers
We found the latest holiday deals on gaming gear, games, and toys as well as products designed to make life easier for new parents.
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14 Awesome Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List
The most-wanted tech gifts are all about screens: laptops, smartphones, televisions, tablets, and wearables. We have great options in these categories and more.
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6 Innovative Back To School Products
From high-tech educational toys to the essential laptop, technology products are a must-have for today's students.
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Apple's New Rules Ban Tracking and Advertising to Kids
While Apple made a big show of updating privacy protections for adults, for parents these new protections for kids may be even more important.
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10 Top Tech Toys from Toy Fair 2019
We found 10 innovative and fun toys that spark curiosity, teach coding, construction and creative design, and can even make you an internet star.
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Oral-B's Genius X Connected Toothbrush Teaches Better Brushing
The Oral-B GENIUS X toothbrush doesn't just brush your teeth — it monitors your brushing habits and teaches you to brush better.
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Tips for Setting up Your New Tech
Plan on giving a tech gift? Check out our tips for making the out-of-box experience a good one.
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New Study Will Tell Us How Screen Time Affects Kids' Brains
A study of 11,000 children over the next decade will answer questions on the long-term impact of screen time on our kids, but there are already some interesting findings.
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10 Great Gift Ideas for Kids - Holiday 2018
This year, the toys that impressed us combine technology with physical play in fun and innovative ways. Check out our picks for this holiday season.
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Never Forget Your Keys Again: Tile Pro and Tile Mate
Not only can you find your keys with your smartphone, but you'll also be reminded if you leave home without them.
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The 10 Best Amazon Alexa Games
Our favorite Alexa games range from trivia games to logic puzzles to choose your own adventure stories to action-adventure games. There's something for every family member.
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4 Must-Have Tech Gadgets for Back to School
The right tech tools can make back to school easier for both you and your kids.
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How to Restrict Kids Screen Time Inside and Outside Your Home
Whether your kids are using your home WiFi or your carrier's cellular network, there are tools that let you monitor and restrict screen time.
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T-Mobile Lets You Control Kids' Screen Time at Home & on the Go
Manage exactly what your kids can do online, whether they're on their computer at home or out using their smartphone.
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Relay is a Screenless Phone that Keeps Tabs on Your Kids
There are no worries about screen addiction with this screen-free LTE device that lets you track and talk to your kids.
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Powered Up Lego Batmobile Zooms Around Under Smartphone Control
Lego lets kids program their new line of Powered Up smart toys, combining movement, speed, sound, and duration commands to create custom stunts.
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Limit YouTube Kids Videos to Content Curated by People
The YouTube Kids app has had problems with inappropriate content slipping by their algorithms, but now it offers better tools to restrict what your child watches.
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Echo Dot Kids Edition Is a Smart Speaker Just for Kids
With FreeTime Unlimited and new kid-friendly Alexa skills, Alexa could become your child's virtual best friend.
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Easily Build Your Own Alexa Apps
Personalize your Alexa-enabled device with your own apps, including interactive stories, flashcards, and apps to help the sitter care for your child or pet.
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Amazon Makes It Easier Track Your Kids' Screen Time
FreeTime Unlimited now lets you monitor your kids' screen time on Amazon Fire tablets and Android devices from your smartphone or computer.
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Techlicious 2018 Best of Toy Fair Awards
We sifted through masses of toys to find the most clever and innovative, the ten most worthy of a Techlicious Best of Toy Fair honor and your hard-earned dollars.
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How to Tell if Your Child Is Using Risky Apps
There are plenty of apps that can put kids at risk of sending inappropriate pictures, chatting with strangers and bullying. Here’s what you should do.
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14 Stocking Stuffers Under $25
You don’t have to spend a bundle to find a fun gift, even at the last minute.
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14 Great Gift Box Subscriptions
We've scoured the web for the best gift box subscriptions with a tech twist. Here are our 14 top picks.
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12 Great Gift Ideas for Kids - Holiday 2017
This year, tech play is at the top of everyone’s list—and we have the scoop on the 12 hottest items of the season.
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Google Assistant Adds 50 New Kid-Friendly Activities
Your kids can now talk to Mickey Mouse and more with new games and stories in Google Assistant.
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9 Star Wars Gadgets & Toys for Fans of All Ages
The Last Jedi will hit cinemas in December, but it's never too early to start preparing for your (cinematic) journey to that galaxy far, far away.
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Amazon Teen Accounts Help You Teach Your Kids How to Shop
New linked accounts will let teens independently shop online, while letting you keep an eye on their purchases.
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4 Must-Have Gadgets for Back-to-School
From tablets to graphing calculators, give your child the best start on the school year with these tech products.
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Best Apps to Help Kids Study & Get Organized
The right apps can be game-changers when it comes to helping students organize their time, take class notes and keep up with their homework.
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Fight Summer Brain Drain with STEM Toys, Games & Classes
Don't let your child fall behind: keep them learning all year with activities that are designed to flex those mental muscles.
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Sphero Edu is a Fun, Engaging Way to Develop Coding Skills
Using a simple, entertaining robotic ball called SPRK+, Sphero Edu teaches kids of all ages the foundations of coding.
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Coding for Girls: Classes, Games and Toys
It’s never too early to start teaching programming skills to help your kids succeed in a high-tech world.
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Techlicious 2017 Best of Toy Fair Awards
Want to know what the best new toys will be this year? We scoured the floors at Toy Fair and found ten worthy of our coveted Best of Toy Fair awards.
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Techlicious Top Picks of CES 2017 Awards
Our editors pick their favorite consumer tech products from the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.
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Lego Boost Teaches Coding, Brings Legos to Life
The latest from Lego lets kids build just about anything and then teach it to move and play.
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Amazon's Digital Day Sale Offers TV, Movies and More
If you're looking forward to filling up your new tablet or phone with content, this sale is for you.
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How to Track Santa's Journey Around the World
Keep track of Santa Claus's movements all Christmas Eve using these great websites, free apps and services.
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14 Great Gift Box Subscriptions
Subscription boxes are the gift that keep on giving every month, but which one is right for your loved ones? Check out our favorites.
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Fun Gadgets & Toys for Star Wars Fans
It’s easy to please a Star Wars fan when you choose one of these fun galactic gadgets.
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Coding for Kids: 8 Fun Games & Toys
Kids get excited about making things go. Now you can get excited about making their minds grow with toys that teach computer coding basics.
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7 Clever Spy Gadget Gifts
These fun and useful spy gadgets will have you feeling like an international agent in no time.
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High-Tech Gifts That Improve Everyday Life
Products that make everyday life easier make the best gifts. Here are three of our favorites.
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20 Great Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids
We assessed the most anticipated toys of the 2016 holiday season to create this Techlicious-approved holiday gift guide for kids of all ages.
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Back to School Gadgets to Help You Through Your Day
This high tech gear will help make back to school a bit easier for both you and your kids.
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Review of the Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar
I was really surprised how much my kids enjoy the Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar. In fact, they are addicted to it.
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Turn Your Child's Drawing into a Stuffed Animal
Crayola's Imaginables are custom-designed stuffed animals based on your children's artwork.
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5 Toy Robots Your Kids Will Love
Some of them are fierce and some of them are huggable, but all of these toy robots would make an awesome addition to your toy box.
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3 Toys that Teach Kids About Electricity & Circuits
These new toys teach kids about electricity and circuitry—and even help them build their own gadgets!
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4 Toys that Teach Kids Coding Skills
With the right gadgets and games, children as young as 3 can start picking up coding with toys that simplify basic programming concepts
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Techlicious 2016 Best of Toy Fair Awards
There were a ton of really great toys on display at Toy Fair this year. Here are our must-haves for kids of all ages.
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The Smallest First-person View Drone is Here (and It's on Sale)
Just over an inch and a half across, the Axis VIDIUS is tiny…but it goes big in every other way.Get in the pilot's seat for only $74.99.
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Amazon's 7-inch Tablets Now 20 Percent Off
Amazon Fire tablets, known for providing a lot of bang for the buck, just became even more affordable with a 20 percent price drop.
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How to Block Porn on Your Kid's iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch
A few simple steps can block your child from viewing inappropriate content on an iPhone and other iOS devices.
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Hands-On with the Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-A-Pillar
Fisher-Price's Code-A-Pillar aims to teach preschoolers the foundational skills of coding, through problem solving and sequencing.
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Get the World’s Smallest Camera Drone for 30% Off
It’s not the size of the drone, it’s the motion of the rotors. Get the world’s smallest camera drone and a 2GB camera memory card for $34.99.
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VTech Cyberattack Exposes Data of 200,000 Kids and 5 Million Parents
The servers of VTech's Learning Lodge app store were hacked in mid-November, exposing personal information of 5 million parents and 200,000 children.
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Classic Games & Toys Get a New Spin
Classic toys and games get a new spin with these re-imagined classics from Hasbro.
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2015 Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids
Kids from 18 months to 18 years will love our holiday gift suggestions. And, grownups will want some quality play time, too, with these fun toys, games, robots and more!
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Triby Converts Your Kitchen Into a Family Communication Hub
The Triby connected speaker makes it easy to call or send messages to the kids at home — and with its magnetic back, it sticks right on the fridge door.
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Circle With Disney Controls Screen Time on Every Device
Control your kids' screen time with Circle with Disney, a $100 device that gives you control over every app and device your kids are using.
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5 Spooky Halloween Gadgets and Decorations
From a haunting pair of eyes that peek our of your bushes to a doormat that makes creepy sounds, these gadgets will add fun to your Halloween.
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First Look: Skylanders SuperChargers
Activision goes beyond characters with the latest edition of Skylanders, Skylanders SuperChargers, adding a variety of vehicles explore and race through Skylands.
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Sonicare Toothbrush App Proves too Addicting For Kids
The Philips Sonicare for Kids app was recently updated to disallow further play with Sparkly following nightly brushings, letting kids get to sleep.
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DISH Network Launches Detailed Parental Guides
The DISH Anywhere site now contains Parental Guides with age ratings and content warnings (language, violence, consumerism, etc.) and analysis.
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Report: Apps & Websites Failing to Adequately Protect Kids' Privacy
A study by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network reveals privacy concerns in approximately 41% of the websites and apps most popular with children.
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Making Sure Your Family Isn't on the Wrong Cell Phone Plan
Join us Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT as we chat about getting on the right plan and ensuring your kids are using their phones safely.
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LeapFrog Epic Android Tablet for Kids Grows Up as They Do
The LeapFrog Epic is a 7-inch Android-based tablet with safe browsing, parental controls and a removable safety bumper for younger kids.
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Are You Ready for Your Child to Have a Smartphone?
A recent survey Techlicious conducted with Sprint reveals that 23% of parents feel comfortable giving their kids a smartphone between the ages of 9-11. Find out how to get their phone child-ready.
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Test Your Internet Slang: 10 Terms You Should Know
Keeping up with the latest slang can be a challenge, especially with texting teens inventing new words every day. Here's a guide to the latest in trendy terms.
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Maker Camp for Kids Starts this Week
Maker Camp, which encourages kids to learn and create through the process of making fun projects, launches this week.
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LeapFrog Introduces Nick-licensed Card Games, New Platinum Tablet
LeapFrog Imagicards teach kids math and language skills by way of scannable trading cards featuring PAW Patrol and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Kids Learn How to Code Games Free at Microsoft Stores this Summer
The free Microsoft YouthSpark Summer Camps this summer will teach kids aged 8 to 16 valuable coding and game design skills.
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Fun After Dark with Light-up Toys & Balls
Sunset doesn't mean the end to fun. These new light-up toys are our top picks for evening playtime for the kids.
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Study: Technology Use is Reducing Our Attention Spans
A Microsoft survey shows that heavy technology use is harming our ability to focus, multitask and remember information.
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Teen E-Cig Use Now Outpaces Cigarette Use
According to the 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey, 13.4% of high schoolers have smoked an e-cigarette in the last 30 days.
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PBS Kids' Kart Kingdom: An Online World for Kids
Kart Kingdom allows kids aged 6 to 9 the ability to explore, cooperate with others and learn in a safe, controlled and free online game environment.
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YouTube Kids Under Fire From Parents
The YouTube Kids app mixes advertising with programming drawing ire from parent groups.
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HEXBUG VEX Robotics Ant Is a Perfect Rainy Day Science Project
If jigsaw puzzles and crafting projects are feeling a little stale in your house, we've got a new rainy day project: HEXBUG VEX Robotics Ant.
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Facebook Scrapbook Lets You Easily Share Photos of Your Kids
Facebook Scrapbook allows you to easily create dedicated albums for your kids on your own profile using the site's photo tagging feature.
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Video Shows Scary Distracted Driving Crashes by Teens
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released a study and video showing the real-life dangers of distracted driving by teens.
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Autodesk Tinkerplay Lets Kids Design and 3D Print Action Figures
The new Autodesk Tinkerplay app (iOS, Android, Windows) lets kids create their own action figures from templates that can be 3D printed.
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Google Play App Store Gets Human Reviewers, ESRB Ratings
The Google Play App Store is now employing human reviewers to review content and applying ESRB ratings to its apps and games.
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'Hello Barbie' Doll Raising Privacy Concerns with Parents
The new Hello Barbie doll from Mattel is drawing criticism from parents over the fact that it transmits conversations with kids over the web.
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Study: Online Video Makes Teens Feel Better About Themselves
A new research study from Defy Media reveals that kids watch 11.3 hours of streaming video per week, citing how easy it is to relate to.
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Waze Mapping App Gets AMBER Alerts
Waze has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to integrate real-time AMBER alerts into the mapping app.
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'YouTube Kids' App to Launch Feb 23
Google will launch a stand-alone YouTube Kids app with age-appropriate, curated videos for kids and useful parental controls.
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Remote Control Robo-Fish Eliminates Toilet Bowl Funerals For Good
The Hexbug Aquabot Remote Control Angelfish swims around your home aquarium just like a real pet fish — minus the maintenance hassle and feedings.
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Hasbro's New Snackin' Sara Doll Demands Food, Poops Food
The new Snackin Sara doll from Hasbro requests kids feed her, chews her food (included), and alerts kids when she needs a diaper change.
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'Star Wars Bladebuilders' Lets Kids Design Their Own Lightsabers
The Hasbro Bladebuilders Jedi Master Lightsaber set lets kids design and create their own futuristic weapon straight out of the Star Wars universe.
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Crayola Thread Wrapper Turns Spools of Thread into Craft Project Fun
The Crayola Thread Wrapper, introduced at Toy Fair 2015 in NYC, wraps headbands, sunglasses, picture frames and other objects with colorful thread.